A hot lead October 28, 2004
want to start a project for myself.
I designed this beer cozy on the car ride home from a camping trip in King’s Canyon National Park. This pattern has a cable going up opposite sides of the beer cozy, with ribbing in between. The cables make a nice cushiony grip while holding a beer, and the ribbing allows it to stretch to fit. There is a surprisingly small number of decreases between the body and neck and of the cozy. This pattern is made with yarn that I happened to have, but many other substitutions could be used. The cotton works pretty well, and doesn’t really get wet like you might expect it would.

Yarn: Schachenmayr Rainbow (worsted weight)
Needles: 4 double pointed #6 US, and a cable needle
Cast on 36 stitches.
{brackets} indicate the cable
part of the pattern
row 1-4: *k2 p2 k2 p2 k2 {p1 k6 p1}* repeat from * to *.
row 5: *k2 p2 k2 p2 k2 {p1 place 3 stitches on cable needle and hold behind work, k3, k3 from cable needle, p1}* repeat from * to *.
Continue repeating rows 1-5 until cozy is as tall as the body of the beer bottle that you would like it to fit (mine is about 6 inches). The decreases occur only in the ribbed portion of the pattern, so you should continue the cable as above throughout the decreases.
Begin Decreases:
decrease row 1: *k2 p2 k2 p2tog k2 {cable continued from above}* repeat from * to *. (34 stitches remain).
decrease row 2: *k2 p2tog k2 p1 k2 {cable}* repeat from * to *. (32 stitches
remain).
decrease row 3: *k2 k2tog k1 p1 k2 {cable}* repeat from * to *. (30 stitches
remain).
decrease row 4: *k4 k2tog k1 {cable}* repeat from * to *. (28 stitches
remain).< Decreases finished! Continue with the following pattern until the neck of your cozy is as long as you wish.
Neck rows: k6 {cable} k6 {cable}.

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Hey east bay knitters, there is a knit-out on Sunday!
Gen found a post at Yarn-a-go-go mentioning a knit out this sunday. It will be at Temescal Cafe next to article pract from 1-4. And if it doesn’t sound fun enough already, there is word of a 15% yarn discount at article pract for participants. Whaaaaa? a discount at a yarn store? i can’t really seem to process that. While we are talking about shopping, i feel that i should point out to you what seems like a ridiculously good deal that i stumbled upon. I have a levi’s corduroy purse (made by Yak-Pak ) that is a couple of years old. it is really starting to show some wear, and it smells funny. i guess because it is very dirty. anyway, i decided i would spring for a new purse, but that i wanted one much like the one i already have. this led me to the yak-pak page where i found a good replacement. but more importantly i found a wonderful deal. they currently have a web only sale of sample bags. They are 3 for $10 and shipping is only $5.50. It is a gamble that i am totally up for. Their bags usually retail around $30. keep in mind i have no idea what i am getting (i guess they could send me 3 wallet-sized bags) but i am optimistic.